Natural Products in Cancer Prevention and Treatment—Second Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer; nutrition; omega-3 fatty acids; antioxidants; phenolic compounds; inflammation; neurodegenerative diseases; nutrition; metabolic diseases
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: cancer; nutrition; omega-3 fatty acids; antioxidants; phenolic compounds; inflammation; neurodegenerative diseases; metabolic diseases
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cancer is a noncommunicable disease characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells. It is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. Despite the use of innovative strategies such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy, in most cases, chemotherapy and radiation therapy are still the predominantly used forms of therapy. However, since they mainly act by damaging the DNA of rapidly dividing cancer cells, they also affect normal cells with high rates of proliferation, and can thus be associated with deleterious side effects. Moreover, drug resistance very frequently arises in treated patients, and targeted therapy and immunotherapy have also been associated with undesired side effects. As a result, there has been growing interest in new therapeutic approaches that have efficacious antineoplastic effects and are safe for normal cells. In recent years, natural compounds extracted from vegetables, fruits, and other dietary constituents, such as marine polyunsaturated fatty acids and minerals, have been widely studied for their potential to prevent cancer or for their use in combination with conventional or innovative anti-neoplastic therapies to improve their beneficial effects against cancer cells and reduce the concentration of drugs used.
This Special Issue will highlight the results of current preclinical and clinical studies focused on cancer and on anti-neoplastic therapeutic strategies involving natural products. In particular, it will provide an overview of novel molecular pathways targeted by natural products that are crucial for cancer treatments; we therefore invite researchers to contribute original articles and reviews on these topics.
Dr. Simona Serini
Dr. Gabriella Calviello
Guest Editors
Dr. Simona Serini
Dr. Gabriella Calviello
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- • natural products • cancer • therapeutic strategies • novel molecular pathways
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